1583 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1583.Events
- Early – Accademia della Crusca established in Florence to regulate the Italian language.
- March 10 – Queen Elizabeth's Men, an acting troupe, is founded by royal order in England.
- June 11 – Rivales, a play in Latin by William Gager, is acted by members of Christ Church, Oxford. Criticized for its "filth", it is never printed and does not survive, although it is revived for two performances in 1592, one before Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- June 12 – Dido, another play in Latin by Gager, is performed by members of Christ Church, Oxford.
- September – The English occult philosopher John Dee leaves England to travel on the Continent; his library at Mortlake is dispersed in his absence.
- Lodewijk Elzevir produces the first publication from the House of Elzevir in Leiden, Drusii Ebraicarum quaestionum ac responsionum libri duo.
New books
Prose
- Justus Lipsius – De Constantia
- Joseph Justus Scaliger – De emendatione temporum
- Sir Thomas Smith – De Republica Anglorum: the Maner of Gouernement or Policie of the Realme of England
- Philip Stubbes – The Anatomy of Abuses
Drama
- William Gager – Dido
- Luigi Groto – La Dalida
- Richard Mulcaster – Ariodante and Genevra
Poetry
See 1583 in poetryBirths
- January 8 – Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian
- February 2 – Anna Visscher, Dutch artist, poet and translator
- April 4 – Franciscus Quaresmius, Italian writer
- April 10 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher, dramatist and poet
- November – Philip Massinger, English playwright
- Unknown dates
- *Johann Heinrich Alting, German theologian
- *John Beaumont, English poet
Deaths
- January 1 – François de Belleforest, French poet and translator
- January 5 – Juan Maldonado, Spanish Jesuit theologian
- March 4 – Bernard Gilpin, English theologian
- April – Lucas David, Prussian historian
- May 6 – Zacharias Ursinus, German theologian
- July 8 – Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese explorer and memoirist
- December 31 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian
- Unknown dates
- *Alexander Arbuthnot, Scottish poet
- *Henry Bynneman, English printer
